Sexual motivation and the duration of partnership

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-287

  Klusmann, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Gender differences; Partnership; Sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HABITUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPERM COMPETITION; STUDENT; TIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MASTURBATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MASTURBATION; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036616219     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015205020769     Document Type: Article

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